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Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Elizabeth Vargas has had a 30-year career in journalism, gaining fame for her in-depth reporting and anchoring. She has worked as a reporter both domestically and internationally, showcasing her extensive expertise and influence in the field.
Elizabeth Vargas is a former The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member and one of the more popular American television journalists, with an estimated net worth of $6 million, as per Celebrity Net Worth. She accrued her net worth through her highly successful career, most noticeably as the co-anchor for World News Tonight and 20/20 on ABC. Another factor contributing to her worth is Vargas's longevity in the television business, where she held big stakes in top-rated programs.
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Elizabeth Vargas's early life and education
As per her biography on Britannica, Elizabeth Vargas was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on September 6, 1962. Raised in a military family, she spent much of her childhood in Germany and Belgium.
Vargas graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1984, where she started her broadcasting career at KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri. Her exposure to different cultures in her upbringing may have influenced the way she does global news, giving her a different perspective in reporting.
From local to national news
Elizabeth began her career at KOMU-TV, then moved to KTVK in Phoenix in 1986. She joined WBBM-TV in Chicago in 1989 as a reporter and anchor, staying until 1993. That year, she started her national career with NBC, working on Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric and as a correspondent for Today, Dateline, and NBC Nightly News.
Rise to fame at ABC
In 1996, Elizabeth Vargas moved to ABC from NBC. In 1997, she became a correspondent for 20/20 and Primetime Thursday. She also started reporting for other shows like Primetime Monday as a co-anchor and substitute anchor on Good Morning America.
Elizabeth anchored many news specials, including the award-winning series I.C.U.: Arkansas Children's Hospital in 2002. This period at ABC showed that, as a seasoned journalist, she had the poise to handle any subject matter, from hard, in-depth investigations to human-interest stories.
Key roles and achievements at ABC
She anchored 20/20 Downtown between 1999 and 2002 and moved to 20/20 as a co-anchor in 2004. In the year 2005, she became one of the largest news anchors in the U.S., when she was chosen to be co-anchor for World News Tonight. She quit the show in 2006 but returned to 20/20 the same year.
She authored Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction in 2016, chronicling her struggles with alcoholism. Vargas left ABC in 2018.
For the unversed, Elizabeth joined The Real Housewives of Orange County for its fifteenth season, which aired in 2020. During her time on RHOC, Vargas was known for candid discussions about her life and her transition from journalism to reality TV. After just one season, she exited RHOC when the network didn't renew her contract.
